Mumbai attack is US problem too, say Indian Americans
About 100 influential Indian-American leaders have asked top lawmakers here to reckon Mumbai attack as "your own problem and not merely an Indian problem" and demanded that the US pressurise Pakistan to act fast against those responsible for the c...
By PTI |
WASHINGTON: About 100 influential Indian-American leaders have asked top lawmakers here to reckon Mumbai attack as "your own problem and not merely an Indian problem" and demanded that the US pressurise Pakistan to act fast against those responsible for the carnage.
And if the source of such an attack, Pakistan, is not nipped in its bud now, it would not be a surprise that the terrorists are encouraged to launch similar attacks in other parts of the world including the United States as well, they argued.
"So please consider Mumbai attack as your own problem and not merely an Indian problem," pleaded Indian Americans, who divided themselves into 20 different groups and fanned out at the Capitol Hill to make forceful presentations of their case.
These Indian Americans have come together under the banner of Indian-American Task Force (IATF), which was formed in the aftermath of the Mumbai attack with the sole purpose of lobbying before Congressmen and Obama Administration, urging them to use their leverage over Pakistan to act quickly and fast against those responsible for the Mumbai
mayhem.
The IATF also emphasised that unlike in the past Pakistan, the country whose territories are considered to be safe haven for terrorists, should not be simply let off this time.
And if the source of such an attack, Pakistan, is not nipped in its bud now, it would not be a surprise that the terrorists are encouraged to launch similar attacks in other parts of the world including the United States as well, they argued.
"So please consider Mumbai attack as your own problem and not merely an Indian problem," pleaded Indian Americans, who divided themselves into 20 different groups and fanned out at the Capitol Hill to make forceful presentations of their case.
These Indian Americans have come together under the banner of Indian-American Task Force (IATF), which was formed in the aftermath of the Mumbai attack with the sole purpose of lobbying before Congressmen and Obama Administration, urging them to use their leverage over Pakistan to act quickly and fast against those responsible for the Mumbai
mayhem.
The IATF also emphasised that unlike in the past Pakistan, the country whose territories are considered to be safe haven for terrorists, should not be simply let off this time.
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Given the clout Indian Americans have developed over the past few years, the day-long campaign at the Capitol has already unnerved the Pakistani Americans, who a day earlier issued an appeal that they should not listen to the "anti-Pak rhetoric's" of Indian Americans. Download
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